Joe Ancis Quote – The Only Normal People
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” – Joe Ancis
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Poem – Old Stag Giddy (By Donal Mahoney)
Old Stag Giddy Elmer’s an old stag now shedding antlers snorting among the trees but sometimes Martha after her shower is a doe beckoning and he becomes giddy and heads for the salt lick happy in the breeze
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Elie Wiesel Quote – The Opposite Of Love
“The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference.” – Elie Wiesel
Read moreThe vital role of shame in society
Liberals are horrified by a new New York City ad campaign to discourage teen pregnancy, said Richard V. Reeves. The ad pictures a tear-stained young child who declares to an unseen mom, “I’m twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen.” Planned Parenthood condemned the ad, saying it was trying to “shame” teens […]
Read moreHelen Keller Quote – Peace
“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding; I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” – Helen Keller
Read moreHow the moon was made
People always wonder how the moon was made. The birth of the planets 4.5 billion years ago was extremely violent. They grew to full size by absorbing rival planet embryos in a series of titanic collisions—one of which probably gave Earth its moon (below). The moon’s large size, low density, and other features suggest that it emerged from an explosion […]
Read moreSir Winston Churchill Quote – A Lie Gets Halfway Around The World
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – Sir Winston Churchill
Read moreJames Cameron Quote – If You Set Your Goals Ridiculously High
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron
Read moreWilliam James Quote – Afraid To Be Poor
“We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the moneymaking street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. We have lost the power even of imagining what the ancient idealization of […]
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